Lipo with Local Anesthesia is it really dangerous? Is Lipo with General Anesthesia more dangerous than the Local?

The answer depends on how much fat you are hoping to have removed. If its a small voume, local anesthesia is perfectly safe in the hands of an expert and will shorten your recovery time. General anesthesia should be used in larger volume and VASER HI DEF 4D contouring procedures.  Liposuction is major surgery and absolutely must be performed by a board-certified expert. Best, Dr. Emer

Liposuction done under general or local anesthetic is typically a safe procedure.   This is particularly the case when a  board certified plastic surgeon ( American Society of plastic surgeons)  performs your surgery in an accredited facility upon a healthy patient.  I typically will perform Liposuction under Local anesthesia when the amount of anticipated liposuction is small and typically in a single area. When the volume of liposuction is larger and/or involves multiple areas then I typically will do the surgery  under general anesthesia 

Without photos and the benefit of physical exam- its difficult to give you the best answer. Generally speaking, I personally prefer General Anesthesia in a Certified Outpatient Facility as it is the safest and most reliable way to deliver this type of service. Make sure to check with American Board of Plastic Surgery to see if the Surgeon you are considering is Board Certified.

liposuction is surgery and therefore it has risks. Local anesthesia can be  used or you can have anesthesia. The risks of the surgery are the same. There are risks to anesthesia but they are rare with experienced anesthesiologist. What can be very dangerous is taking large doses of medication by mouth and not having a anesthesia provider monitoring you. Often  a physician recommends llocal anesthesia when they don't have privileges to do surgery with anesthesia. Check their credentials

the risk of anesthesia related complications is extraordinarily low regardless of whether you do tumescent anesthesia alone, IV sedation, or general anesthesia.I personally do not like trying to do a liposuction case without at least IV sedation (like you'd get for wisdom tooth extraction or a colonoscopy). Trying to do these cases just using the local anesthesia in tumescent fluid is very uncomfortable for many patients for all but the smallest cases. For stand-alone liposuction cases we do most under deep IV sedation with an anesthesiologist/CRNA as it lets the patient be discharged sooner with less nausea then general anesthesia. With prone (face down) cases of significant length of time, we often may use general anesthesia for better airway protection depending on the patient's size